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Ten Accounts I Follow on Threads
This week my JMC 406 Blogging and Commentary students were asked to do one of their first posts by listing 10 Threads accounts they are following and why. You can find my students’ posts using the #JMC406 hashtag. Here’s my … Continue reading
Journalism movies and my students
Every year in my JMC 406 – Commentary and Blogging class I have my students watch a prominent journalism movie. Usually, All The President’s Men would be at the top of my list, but given that several students watched it while in … Continue reading
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Who are columnists you might want to read?
This list of interesting columnists is not just for JMC 406 Commentary and Blogging students. You might find someone you like to read here, too! Leonard Pitts, Miami Herald 2004 Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist. His column written in response to the events of 9/11 struck … Continue reading
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Check out my JMC 406 student bloggers
This spring I’m teaching my commentary and blogging class, and as always, I like to share links to my students’ work here. They will be writing and commenting on a wide range of issues over the course of the semester. … Continue reading
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“A Church, A School –” An editorial from the Atlanta Constitution, 1958
For today’s blog post, I’m reprinting a Pulitzer Prize winning editorial by Ralph McGill, written for the Atlanta Constitution almost exactly 60 years ago. As I was researching the links to go with this, the following article from Poynter popped up. … Continue reading
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What stands out from this year’s Pulitzer Prizes
I asked my commentary and blogging students to do a post this week on their reactions to the Pulitzer Prizes announced this week. Here’s what they had to say: Angel Y. – The Gulf of Mexico in the Age of … Continue reading
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Media Criticism From My Commentary Students
This week I asked my commentary and blogging students to write a blog post on media criticism. Here’s what each of them came up with: Media Criticism: Sexism in broadcasting – Rachel A. I can’t tell you how many times … Continue reading
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What my blogging students have been writing.
My JMC 406 students have been working on column ideas through their blogs this week. Here’s some of what I like that I’m seeing: Katie on her grandfather Shelby on left turns Rachel A on her birthday… and her video … Continue reading
Meet my blogging students
This spring I’m teaching JMC 406 – Commentary and Blogging, a course I first taught 30 years ago this winter. (Of course, when I first taught it, there was not a blogging component, given that blogging didn’t exist yet…) Here … Continue reading
Great work from my commentary and blogging students
It’s been a rough time during the second part of this semester for my blogging and commentary students, with all of their classes going online/remote. Some of them are graduating into an uncertain world; all of them are dealing with … Continue reading →